Cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain awaits inspection off Turkey

Cargo ship Razoni has arrived at the entrance of the Bosphorus Strait (Khalil Hamra/AP)

The first cargo ship to leave Ukraine since the Russian invasion has anchored at an inspection area in the Black Sea off the coast of Istanbul.

Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and UN officials will check if the grain shipment is in accordance with an agreement signed last month by Moscow and Kyiv to unblock Ukraine’s agricultural exports and ease the global food crisis.